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senate vote 2019-07-04#11
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019; Second Reading- Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Government should increase Newstart & Youth Allowance
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<p class="speaker">Rachel Siewert</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add:</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-07-04.197.1) introduced by WA Senator [Rachel Siewert](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/rachel_siewert) (Greens), which means it failed.
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- > *At the end of the motion, add:*
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- > *", but the Senate:*
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- > *(a) notes that the bill does nothing to assist people receiving newstart allowance or youth allowance; and*
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- > *(b) calls upon the Government to introduce legislation to amend the Social Security Act 1991 to increase the maximum single rates of newstart allowance and youth allowance by $150 per fortnight".*
<p class="italic">", but the Senate:</p><p class="italic">(a) notes that the bill does nothing to assist people receiving newstart allowance or youth allowance; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls upon the Government to introduce legislation to amend the Social Security Act 1991 to increase the maximum single rates of newstart allowance and youth allowance by $150 per fortnight".</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Siewert be agreed to.</p>
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